LOCATION.--Lat 42° 10'56", long 72°
15'51", Hampden County, Hydrologic Unit 01080204, on right bank 10 ft
upstream from abandoned highway bridge site at West Brimfield, 0.9 mi upstream
from Blodgett Mill Brook, 3.5 mi northeast of Palmer, and 9.9 mi upstream from
mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--150 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Discharge: August 1909 to July 1912 (twice-daily gage
heights and corresponding discharges), August 1912 to current year.
Water-quality records: Water years 1953, 1967, 1969–70, 1972–74.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 451: 1916. WSP 1301: 1918(M). WDR MA-RI-84-1:
Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 390 ft above sea level,
from topographic map. Prior to Aug. 19, 1912, nonrecording gage, and Aug. 19,
1912, to Oct. 31, 1955, water-stage recorder, at several sites 0.5 mi
downstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which
are poor. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill upstream prior
to 1956; regulation much greater prior to 1938. High flow slightly affected by
retarding reservoirs since 1965. Satellite gage-height telemeter at station.
COOPERATION BY.-- Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Watershed Management.
